Skate boot



sept. s, 192,5. 1,552,766

A. R. lSEDGWICK SKATE BOOT Filed Dec. 5, 1923 Patented Sept. 8, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDER RAYMOND SEDGWICK, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.

SKATE BOOT.

Application filed December 5, 1923.

To all whom t may concer/n.'

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER RAYMOND SEDGWIGK, residing in the city of Toronto, county of York, Province of Ontario, Canada, a subject of the King of Great Britain, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Skate Boots, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in skate boots, and the object of my invention is to prevent the blade of a skate attached to the boot of a wearer, coming in contact with the surface of a walk or roa-dway, while the skater is oii" the ice and walking around, and in the following speciiication I shall describe a disclosure within my invention, and what I claim as new willv be set forth in the claims forming part of this specification.

Fig.' 1 is a vertical central longitudinal section through a form of skate boot within my invention showing a boot with a skate attached thereto, held therein, and Fig. 2 is a plan view of the form of skate boot shown in Fig. 1.

In the drawings, like characters of reference refer to the same parts.

It is now well-known that if the skating rink be not far away, skaters put on their boots with the skates attached thereto and walk to the rink, and the result is that the blade of the skate becomes dull. And furthermore it is frequently the habit of those skating to step off the ice on to a concrete or wooden walk, thus impairing the skate to the extent indicated. To permit skaters to have resonable movement on their feet without having to take their skates off, I

Lhave designed a skate boot which when worn will keep the bottom or underside of the blade of the skate out of contact with any dulling surface.

In the disclosure herein, A represents any suitable frame or housing member having an opening B through which the skate is passed and in which the boot is located. This frame or housing member may be of any desired shape, and the same is suitably provided with a sole C. In the illustration, the frame or housing member is suppose-d to be made of metal, such as aluminum, and the lower portion thereof is turned inward sufficiently to form a flange D. By any suitable fastening means such as rivets, the sole C is coupled to said flange. If desired a heel E may be attached to the sole C in Serial No. 678,569.

any manner well-known in the boot makers art. Located in the upper portion of the frame or housing member A is a floor F, and it is by this ioor that the sole of the boot Gr is supported. H is any suitable type of skate secured in any suitable manner to the boot G and in the illustration shown the skate is provided with a plate I adapted to be suitably attached to the boot G. The floor F is preferably made of metal, and the saine of course must be longitudinally provided with a slot 2 to permit the passage of the blade of the skate into the skate boot below the floor F.

This floor is suitably attached to, or forms a part of, the frame or housing member A, and for this purpose in the disclosure shown I show an angle piece 3 which is rivetedor otherwise secured to the frame or housing member A.

If desired, though it is not essential to use it, a covering 4 ma-de `of resilient material, such as rubber compound, may be placed upon the floor F, and of course this covering 4 must be provided with a slot 5 to be aligned with the slot 2. The plate I when used, will come directly in contact with the covering 1I.

Any suitable means such as a flange piece 6 is placed around the outer portion of the covering A to hold this in place. This flange piece 6 may be secured to the frame or housing member A in any manner well-known in the art, and it must be understood that this flange piece 6 may be omitted.

The back portion of the frame or housing member A is provided with an upwardfor ward extending slot 7 to permit the blade of the skate being inserted into and removed from the skate boot, and this back portion of the said frame or housing member is adapted to fit against the back portion of the boot as shown at 8 to prevent the skate boot sliding forward. To revent the skate boot sliding backward, t e for ward portion of the frame or housing mem"- ber A is adapted to rest in contact with the forward-extremity of the sole of the boot G as shown at 9.

Any suitable means may be adapted fo. use in connection with the skate boot to couple the same to the boot Gr, and as this forms no part of my invention, I have not particularly illustrated the same. For this purpose I have merely illustrated that straps 10 may be employed if desired.

If desired, ay strengthening piece 11 may be connected to the upper-forward portion of the trame or housing` member A to strengthen the same.

lhile l have described what l consider to be the best embodiment Within my invention, it must be understood that the principle thereof may be embodied in many different forms, and I desire not to be limited beyond the requirements of the prior art and the terms of my claims.

What l claim is:

l. A skate boot con'iprising a metal housing member having an opening formed in the upper part thereo;F to permit the blade of the skate, mounted on a boot to be held in said opening, to be passed into said housing member, a flexible sole connected to the bottom of said housing member and Closing the same, and a plate longitudinally slotted and secured at its edges to the Walls of said housing member for the purpose of supporting the skate-provided boot to prevent the blade coming into Contact with said sole.

2. A skate boot comprising a housing member having an opening` formed in the upper part thereof, and further provided in the back portion thereof with a longitudinal slot communicating With said openingl to permit the blade of the skate, mounted on a. boot t0 be held in said opening, to be passed into said housing member, a flexible sole connected to the bottom of said housing member and closing the same, and a plate having a longitudinal slot formed therein in alignment With the slotted back portion of said housing` member, interior-ly connected to said housing member for the purpose of supporting' the skate-provided boot to prevent. the blade coming into contact with said sole.

A skate boot comprising a metal housing member having an opening formed in the upper part thereof to permit a skate-provided boot to be passed thereinto, the bottom of said member being provided with an inturned flange; a flexible sole coupled to said flange and extending' therebelow, and a longitudinally slotted plate located Within said housing member and supported thereby t0 support the Weight carried by said boot to prevent the skate blade coming in contact with said sole.

4. A skate boot comprising a metal housing member having an opening formed in the upper part thereof to permit a skateprovided boot to be passed thereinto, the rear portion of said housing member being provided With an upwardforward extending slot communicating with said opening and located longitudinally of said boot; an inturned flange formed at the bottom of said housing member; a flexible sole coupled to said flange and extending therebelovv', and a horizontal plate located Within said housing member and provided with a loi'igitudinal slot in alignment With said lirst-mentioned slot, to permit the blade of the skate to pass therethrough; the Weight carried by said boot to be supported by said plate.

ALEXANDER RAYMOND SEDGWICK. 

